Functioning and related background factors in psychiatric day care users in Japan.

The present study aimed to clarify the state of and background factors affecting functioning in Users of psychiatric daycare centers in Japan. A questionnaire survey based on the Self-Rating Scale for Functioning of Individuals With Mental Disorders was conducted on 1,176 Users and 916 psychiatric hospital outpatients between September 2008 and February 2009. There were 90.2±19.7 points of the functioning of Users. There was not a statistically significant difference in the functioning score between Users and Patients. Functioning scores were higher in Users With goals compared to those without goals. Background factors causing improvement in Users of functioning scores were as follows: having a goal other than to control symptoms; living with someone else; doing most of the cleaning, and doing most of the cooking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]